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Single Idea 14856

[filed under theme 20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / b. Intellectualism ]

Full Idea

It seems that our thinking and judging are to be made the cause of our nature after the fact, but actually our nature causes us to think and judge one way or the other.

Gist of Idea

Our judgment seems to cause our nature, but actually judgment arises from our nature

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Human, All Too Human [1878], 608)

Book Ref

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Human, All Too Human', ed/tr. Faber,Marion [Penguin 1994], p.253